Account-cabinet.



*forward edges of the offwhichtwo are illustrated in Fig;4 i, are sustained from the brid Ve-board 7,l which isarcitizen of the United States,

. ment AccountCabinets,

lowing v1s .aA Specification.

ing" a series of trays. `current or running Aecoum- Beit ton, yin the county of Stark have invented a new and AThe invention relates to aeabinet contain-. 4for filing bills, as of the accounts ofthe customers Koffa 'retailgrocer;` and thel generalaobjectsof the' improvement vare 'to so shape the 'trays thatthelQOSe bills. cannotfslide or be blown'A l Isinserting andreinovingfthe jacent tray below, andffurthermore, to so ar-,

therefromand to sosustain them that the several vtrays vcan be liftedupward 'for freelybills 'from the ad# v l `range, connect, and sustain the series of .trays tional view s owing the forward end of one ltray t vdetached perspective -view; `o

i trays'. i

' througliou'tI the drawings.'

51' .ends 8, entered from the front in the horizon- L Vtray-hangers Ward -edges Ltof vthat they VVVcan be removed all together from 20, gether for storing over nig t in a' vault 'or fire'- proof -safe.j v These general objects and other minor f and arrangement .illustrated in the accompa- 25 vwith two series of the cabinet'and then colla sed and nested'to-'- ones'arfeattained b theconstruction nying-drawings, inwhich-` Figurev 1 isfafront elevation lof .thev cabinet trays hung therein; Fig.` 2 c a vertical section substantially. on 1ine2 2, i 3,` a detachedpers ective view of.

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with the indexcard in fplacegFig.' 5, a an index-card,- and Fig..6 a detached sectional view showing the irl'nierjfofcollapsing and 'nesting the Smlvavlnumerals refer` to similar part-S The cabinetbox 1 is 'formed' vdeeper-at the bottom 2 than at the top 3, softhat the forerablyrnade of sheet `metal", fis provided and preferably hasl the same inclination as the sides. The trayseries,

rangedtobe inserte and supported. i'n the upper `part. of: the. box, as by 1neans` ofthe Specification Iiettirsflatent.

in a rapa, sarai No. 253,702.

trays-12, "The trays thm st ivmaterial, as foil sheet' metal, with the and bbk- 1 .thendownward an shapeform, vas at 16.

Idleportion oft .are formed or attached substantiallyl at right' 75 angles onthe i free ed etais of construe- 4,'.a fragmentary socand ythe `trays :so that the lines of l the sides 5 'are inclined down-v ward and forward. The; false back 6, prefl l The trays are normally 'is Iapproxlrnately4 inthe line tal grooves 9 10 are made' of canvas, chains g or other suitable fiex1ble,'.contract1ble `or' in thesides 'of the box. The gg-j.

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compressiblematerial and are attached above a" dogs. byj as oF CANTO-, enrol.

GAB-INET.'

l to' the'bridge-board, and shorter' supports-"11, l

likewise made of canvas, chains, or .other ble-material, are

severally-,attached above to the han ersand below'to. the sid are made of,

rear end -1'3 bent to incline upward andforward and .forward Ain .inverted-Vftended partbentfn war aref bent upward e of; theinverted-'V- shape forward end voft e'tra rest for the index-card 20.

-therrnore curved BERT oQ MAXWELL,

Patented Maren 27, 190e.. i

vcontractible, or compressi- Theside extensions 17. outward and 7c.-v

18 for attheseside limited to the .mid-l f1 an'ds'erve asa#v he lip 19 is'furf and extendedforward, and i being located near. the niedianline of the'tray ifo forms a wardl end of the tray can belrft turned flan es 21.*9416 provided onlthe ends 'of the face si e of the invertedevshape extension,' an d er edge', undei'fwhich ianges the tongue 2 2'i's1provided attheu '185 4 and tonguet e "index-card 2O isfadapte'd'tofbe held,

The iiexible .hangers of `the shelf seriesare-v formed to incline downward and forward'dike o f the box, -90 are attached to the'f lexi-blev the forward edge'sand false back hangersby the flexible supports, preferably vintahorizontal position, eachtra being lo-y 5catedfslightlyforwardbeyondthes elf above,

he forward and rear ends' .95

of the trays lhavethe same inclination as the Afalse back of thelbox, andthe rear ends of the travs will:normallyrestagainst the same.`.

the apex of the forward of the bottom' of' above and in or near below y they open-j the trag;

, in of einverted-V--shape extensionthereof;

' hen it is desire spaced apart, so that extension ofoneftray I` shape extension of the tray. carrying the .bill

` 'parts of the the two .separate hangers 1 will also be understood that the particularv prevents the sameirom being accidentally removed therefrom. y n raising the front end of a given tray its inverted-bfshaped eX- tension enters and nests in the-invertedell- Ashaped extension of the tray above, 'and the same may be also raised by it, as shown more particularly in Fig. 2.

hen it is desired to place a tray series in a vault or other `lireproof place for safe-keeping over night or on,` holidays, the bridge- 4board and trays suspended therefrom are removed from the box, after which the series can be collapsed so that the trays will nesty one in another, as shown in Fig 6, the same eing permitted'by the flexibility of the hangers and supports and the 4peculiar shape of `the trays, and the series so collapsed canthen' be kStored away in a Vmuch smaller could otherwise be done. When two or more series of trays are used'side by side, itis desirable to have a removable bar 25 in the, face of the frame to mark and finish the divisionv between the series, and it will be understood that a single Hexible hanger. can be used between two adjoinin lustrated, and it construction of the box and bridge-board and the'means for detachably inserting the board inthe box are not essential general features ofthe cabinet.

In the use of the cabinet it is evident that .tend beyond the short-.part of the end ofthe tray, whereby the bills can be grasped for removmg, and 'this part of the top bill in each tray is exposed to view by reason of the tray being located in advance of, the one above, andthe trays lbeing severally suspendedby the flexible supports and the same bein l'o cated in the middle part thereof the indi# vvidual trays are thus free to be oscillated'on the cabinet is not essential tothe col feature of the tray series' and to the thesesu ports to give easyv access between them. t is furthermore evident that' the downw'ard-forward inclination of the arts of freedom of movement of the severally suspended trays but 'this inclination is 'desirable for the greater convenience thereby resultin in reading the exposed partoft e bills an the index-cards nor is it essential to the collapsian 'A sire to removeltlre trays from the cabinet 'or ,65

ble feature of the tray series that the separate 'trays be attached by exible su lports tothe flexible hangersv thereof; but this form oflat tachme'nt isdesirable forithe facility givenit -is also evident that a 'series of trays severu contractible, or combe used withoutA the n ressi'bl'e' supports can n ers described herein when it is not de to collapse the series as a Whole.

place lthan series in placev of to the other more forward endsl of the bills will ex? apsible opening of 'tensions-on each tray outward so as to over lfor movingthe individual trays upward, and

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l.' lin account-cabinet comprising a box havin a downward-forward inclined back,

vflexibv e hangers 'removably suspended in the box and a series of trays suspended from the hangers by flexible supports, each tray being horizontally located vwith its forward end in advance of theone above and the rear ends of the trays normally resting against the in clined back. f

2. An laccount-cabinet comprising a box having a downwardly-forward inclined back,

vflexible hangers removably suspended in theA -box and .hangers a series of trays suspended from the by flexible supports, each tray bein located with its forward end in advance o the one above and the rear ends of the trays normally resting against the inclined back.

i 3. An account-cabinet com rising a box with flexible hangers removably suspended therein and a series of trays suspended from the hangers by flexible supports.

4. An account-cabinet-comprising a box having a downward-forward inclined back,

,flexible hangers removably suspended in the box and a series of trays attached to the hangers, each tray bein horizontally located with its forward eng in advance of the one above, and the rear ends of the tra s nor-- mally resting against the inclined bac 5. An account-cabinet comprising a box having a downward-forward inclined back,

.flexible hangers removably suspended in the box and a series of trays attached to the hang-V ers, each tray being located with its forward end in advance of the one above, and the rear ends of the trays normally resting against the inclined bac 6 Anaaccount-cabinet comprising a suit able casing, aoseries of superposed trays, each tray having individual collapsible supports g l y and means within the casing'zto which said supports may be at- 7. In-an account-cabinet a series of trays L'suspended from flexible lhangers `by flexible supports, there being forwar extensions on the trays bent upward and then downward in inverted-V-shape form, the apex of one extension being located approximately in the the extension above.

S. 'In an account-cabinet a series of trays suspended from flexible hangers by flexible supports, there being forward and rear exinclined upward and ap thetray above.

9. ln an laccount-cabinet a series of trays suspended from flexible hangers by flexible supports, the sides and ends of each tray being inclined outward so as to overlap the tray above. r 10;A an account-cabinet a series of trays suspended from flexible hangers by flexible supports; there being Yupward-outward i11- T 11b In an' ace .sufspended from flexible hangers byfexible severally suspede'd byindivdualeollfpsible 4 suppots, there being f forwerd fexten'sonsi on' .Opening of theegdjensiqn-e eve. A

f the: Itrays, bent upwandy Mide-@heli owilward'. f 1in inverted-Visleped'gform1,theapex-offene'f eXtenSin being 'loeetediepgrxjmetely the: 1 Y

j iflnlgestimonyf whereof `.I'jh'eve signed my name.' -tQ this speeeetin in the presen'egof "two,sbseribipg"Whiessem'-1"" BERTI). 

